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Lamb, Gavin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
The transgressive use of language by out-group speakers, or crossing is used in a variety of ways to achieve both affiliative and disaffiliative ends among youths. However, crossing can also be used as an affiliative resource in asymmetrical power relations between teachers and students. Reporting on the findings of a 1.5 year ethnography of an…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Audio Equipment, Language Variation, Multilingualism
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Jeeves, Anna – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
In this study perceptions of post-compulsory school studies in Iceland were investigated through semi-structured interviews. While colloquial English suffices for entertainment, hobbies and Internet use in Iceland, a high level of proficiency is required for employment and tertiary study. School learners and young people in tertiary study and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries